Pyrometallurgy: Roasting, Smelting, Refining & Electrowinning

Pyrometallurgy: Roasting, Smelting, Refining & Electrowinning

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Recovery of minor metals from blast furnace slag (2 replies and 1 comment)

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Scotman
5 years ago
Scotman 5 years ago

I have a slag dump that contains various grades of Zn, Pb as well as Ga and Ge. Is there a technology or process available that can economically extract these metals? 

Thank you 

Mike
5 years ago
Mike 5 years ago

Crush, grind, float, and then re-smelt the cons.

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Todd H
5 years ago
Todd H 5 years ago

Get some good assays and treat this like a resource - figure out how much material you have and assign grades to it, then once you have done that see if it is economical to do anything - there is a reason it is in a slag pile.

 

Regards

Todd Harvey - Global Resource Engineering http://www.global-resource-eng.com

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Scotman
5 years ago

Hi Todd

I have a complete CPR on the slag pile - it has been grid - drilled and assayed and which shows good grades of the above metals.

What I am now looking for is a company that has experience in the extraction of metals from slag.

Regards

Tony

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